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Definition of Statuaries

Statuaries
Statuary Stat"u*a*ry, n.; pl. Statuaries. [L. statuarius, n., fr. statuarius, a., of or belonging to statues, fr. statua statue: cf. F. statuaire. See Statue.] 1. One who practices the art of making statues. On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets. --Addison. 2. [L. statuaria (sc. ars): cf. F. statuaire.] The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture. --Sir W. Temple. 3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively.

Meaning of Statuaries from wikipedia

- A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as...
- Tower. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, originally erected around 1700, but now all...
- The National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall...
- A statute is a law or formal written enactment of a legislature. Statutes typically declare, command or prohibit something. Statutes are distinguished...
- forty pitoresque statues of dwarfs at the ****s race-course, several statuaries at Charles Bridge in Prague, statues in St. Kliment's Church in Prague...
- armour were hammered from mild bronze. According to one definition, modern "statuary bronze" is 90% copper and 10% tin. The great civilizations of the old world...
- A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon...
- objects of veneration for hundreds of years. The first piece of Gr**** statuary to be re****embled since is probably the Lefkandi Centaur, a terracotta...
- The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, portraying notable persons in the histories of the respective...
- long time in China, but there are no known examples of monumental stone statuary before the stone sculptures at the Mausoleum of Huo Qubing (140–117 BCE)...